Agricultural boiler



AIENT OFFICE.

DAVE) FELGAR, OF STUART, IOWA.

AGRICULTURAL BOILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,814, dated March 23, 1880.

Application filed November 29, 1879.

To all whom it may concern: The front of the boiler is provided with the 7 Be it known that I, DAVID FELGAR, of usual gage-cocks a, and its upper part with a Stuart, in the county of Guthrie and State of safety-valve, 1), opening into its steam-space. Iowa, have invented a new and valuable Im- Water is supplied to the boiler through aieed- 5 proveinent in Agricultural Boilers; and I do pipe, G,having a cut-ofl' cock, 0, and the steam,

. hereby declare that the following is a full, as it is generated, is conducted 1nto a vessel,

clear, and exact description of the construc- G, vcontaining feed or other material to be 'tion and operation of the same, refereneehe- --jeophetl, through a pipe, L, which is likewise ing had to the annexed drawings, making a provided with a cut-off cock, d. These pipes 10 part of this specification, and to the letters may be either rigid orflexible. The vessel G and figures of reference marked thereon. is provided inside with a permanent steam- Figurelof the drawings is a representation pipe reaching down its side, and, having of a horizontal section of my improved generreached its bottom, earriedtoward ts central ator; and Fig. 2 is a front view thereof, with part. Pipe 1) extends through the side of Ves- 15 the steaming-vessel in section. sel G, and terminates in a nozzle, a, by means This invention has relation to improveof which it is coupled to the steam-pipe L. ments in agricultural boilers for domestic, At its upper edge the vessel G has a ledge,

farm, and other purposes. i, and the lid N the usual projecting bearing- The nature of the invention consists in the flange z" and holding-flange 4?. Upon the lat- 20 construction and novel arrangement of parts, ter is applied a rubber packing-ring, i, which,

as hereinafter shown, described, and set forth when the lid is in place, is compressed bein the claim. tween the ledge t and flange i. The lid is '70 In the accompanying drawings, A desigheld in place by means of a bridge, 0, having nates a rectangular vessel, usually made of at each end a vibrating bail, I, that engages a 2 5 sheet-iron, and steam-tight at all its joints. strong lug or ear, 0, on the upper part of the B indicates the fire-box, arranged at one end vessel, and a set-screw, S, passing through the of the vessel or shell, and opening through bridge and bearing against the lid. the front of the same, as shown in Fig. 2. What I claim as new, and desire to secure The fire-box B is surrounded at its sides, by Letters Patent, is- 30 top and bottom, and end by the waterspace The, domestic boiler herein described, conof the generator, and it is provided yfith sist'pg ot the rectangular shell A, the fire-box grate, 0, an ash-pit under it, and .a hinged Ba door, D, closing its front end. its sides, end, top, and bottom, the smoke- E indicates a smoke-pipe, extending from pipe E, free of the boiler-shell, and bent to con 3 5 the side of the fire-box, near its rear end, and form to the shape of the shell and extending being bent into the form of an open rectangle, through the back thereof, and the pipe L, havone end thereof, having a water-space at as shown in Fig. 2, passing through the side ing the cut-ofi' d, in combination with the was 5 of the vessel A. At no point does this pipe, sel G, having the pipe p, terminating in a nozexcept as above mentioned, come in contact zle, a, by means of which it is coupled to said 40 with the sides, end, or bottom of the said vessteam-pipe L, all constructed and arranged to sel, being completely insulated, as it were. operate as shown and described.

This arrangement of the fire-box and smoke- In testimony that I claim the above I have pipe secures the largest possible extent of hereunto subscribed my name in the presence 1 heatingspace consistent with an economical of two witnesses.

5 construction of this description of generator, DAVID FELGAR.

and the heat radiated from every part of the Witnesses: box and pipe is utilized to heat the water, HENRY M. BASGOM, cause it to speedily boil, and give off steam. HERMAN A. SMYTH. 

